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Literature summary for 2.7.1.48 extracted from

  • Jukic, L.V.; Duvnjak, M.; Wu, C.H.; Wu, G.Y.
    Human uridine-cytidine kinase phosphorylation of ribavirin: a convenient method for activation of ribavirin for conjugation to proteins (2008), J. Biomed. Sci., 15, 205-213.
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Application

Application Comment Organism
medicine liver-specific targeting of ribavirin by conjugation with asialoglycoprotein to enhance its antiviral activity. Conjugation reaction starts with ribavirin phosphorylation by uridine kinase followed by direct conjugation to asioloosomucoid Homo sapiens

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Homo sapiens
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isoform Uvk1
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ATP + cytidine 89% of substrate phosphorylated, within 2 h incubation Homo sapiens ADP + CMP
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ATP + ribavirin 13% of substrate phosphorylated, within 2 h incubation Homo sapiens ADP + ribavirin monophosphate
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ATP + uridine 56% of substrate phosphorylated, within 2 h incubation Homo sapiens ADP + UMP
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